Agriculture

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Series: Wisconsin Ag And Global Trade

Farmers Struggle In America's Dairyland

Video:

Andy Soth

PBS Wisconsin

Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

Low milk prices have been hitting farmers America's Dairyland hard, including among farmers in western Wisconsin. A Seneca feed store owner, Tammy Olson, organized a town hall meeting to bringing farmers and elected officials together to discuss these challenges.

Series: Wisconsin Ag And Global Trade

Fast Facts: 2017 Wisconsin Exports

Video:

Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

Talks of tariffs have created a global conversation about trade. But where does Wisconsin fit into the equation?

Series: Food Security And Assistance In Wisconsin

Changes In The Works For Wisconsin's Food Stamp Program

Video:

Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

Changes to Wisconsin's public assistance laws include new work requirements for the state's FoodShare program. Feeding Wisconsin executive director David Lee discuss the implications of these new policies.

Frozen Assets

Audio:

John Gurda

It was a crop that required no seeds. No one had to turn over a single furrow of earth or pull a solitary weed. Year after year, it was simply there.

Farmer Practices Restoration Agriculture

Video:

Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

As a farmer, Mark Shepard appears hard to pin down.

Growing Trees For Seasonal Holiday Is A Year-Round Job

Video:

Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

Picking the right Christmas tree can be the biggest choice of the season.

Series: Chronic Wasting Disease In Wisconsin's Deer

Where CWD Management Stands 15 Years After Its Emergence In Wisconsin

Video:

Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

With deer hunting season underway, freelance journalist and UW-Madison lecturer Ron Seely discusses issues arising from chronic wasting disease a decade-and-a-half after it was first identified in Wisconsin.

Series: CAFOs, Manure And Water

Dane County Court Throws Out High-Capacity Well Permits

Video:

Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

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A circuit court judge ruled against a Wisconsin Attorney General opinion that directed the state Department of Natural Resources to not consider the cumulative impact of high-capacity wells. Carl Sinderbrand, lead attorney for Clean Wisconsin in its lawsuit, discusses the case.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Series: Wisconsin's Diverse Waves Of Immigration

What Impacts Does Deportation Have On Dairy Farms?

Video:

Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

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How might proposed tightening of U.S. immigration policy affect farmers in Wisconsin? Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism managing editor Dee Hall discusses about how farm workers in Wisconsin who are undocumented would fare under proposed changes to deportation policy.

Fromm's Fashionable Furs From Wausau

Audio:

Erika Janik

Wisconsin Public Radio

In the early decades of the 20th century, it was fashionable to use fox fur on everything from scarfs, capes, and coats to trim for suits and gowns.